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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Elevation Request Letter to Army Corp of Engineers regarding John M. Smyth Company under CWA Section 404 (March 23, 1993)

A letter requesting review of the decision by Lieutenant Colonel James V. Hall, Acting District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, to issue a Section 404 permit to John M. Smyth Company and New Orleans Archdiocese of the Catholic Church.

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Elevation Request Letter to Army - signed March 23, 1993 (PDF)(30 pp, 1 MB)